Ex parte TOYAMA et al. - Page 1




                                    THIS OPINION WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR PUBLICATION                                                                        
                      The opinion in support of the decision being entered today (1)                                                                    
                     was not written for publication in a law journal and (2) is not                                                                    
                                                                       binding                                                                          
                 precedent of the Board.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                    Paper No. 31                        
                                         UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                                      
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                                               BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                                       
                                                              AND INTERFERENCES                                                                         
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                                      Ex parte KIYOSHI TOYAMA and MASAYUKI TOGAWA                                                                       
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                                                           Appeal No. 1996-3814                                                                         
                                                      Application No. 08/348,8351                                                                       
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                                                                      ON BRIEF                                                                          
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                 Before JOHN D. SMITH, ELLIS, and KRATZ, Administrative Patent                                                                          
                 Judges.                                                                                                                                
                 KRATZ, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                                                    

                                                             DECISION ON APPEAL                                                                         
                          This is a decision on appeal from the examiner's refusal                                                                      
                 to allow claim 2, which is the only claim pending in this                                                                              
                 application.                                                                                                                           



                          1Application for patent filed November 29, 1994.                                                                              
                 According to appellants, this application is a continuation of                                                                         
                 Application No. 08/073,289, filed June 7, 1993, now abandoned;                                                                         
                 which is a continuation of Application No. 07/784,538, filed                                                                           
                 October 29, 1991, now abandoned.                                                                                                       





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